[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v1.c23.934 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c23.934 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c23.934 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c23.934](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c23.934) Devadatta’s wickedness and his hatred of the Bodhisatta are illustrated in various Jātakas besides those already mentioned—e.g., the Kakkara, the Kapi, the Kukkura, the Kuruṅga, the Kuruṅga-miga, the Khaṇḍahāla, the Godha, the Campeyya, the Cūla-Nandiya, the Chaddanta, the Taccha-sūkara, the Tayodhamma, the Tittira, the Dummedha, the Dhammaddhaja, the Dhonasākha, the Paṇḍara, the Bhūridatta, the Maṇicora, the Mahā-ummagga, the Mahākapi, the Mahā-Nāradakassapa, the Mahāpaduma, the Mahāsilava, the Romaka, the Laṭukika, the Vānara, the Vānarinda, the Vessantara, the Saccaṅkira, the Sattigumba, the Sāliya, the Sumsumāra, and the Suvaṇṇakakkaṭa. In the Dhamma Jātaka, Devadatta is spoken of as having been the very incarnation of unrighteousness, Adhamma. In several stories his craftiness is emphasised—e.g., as the jackal in the Sigālā Jātaka, as the drunken sot in the Sigāla (No. 2) and also in the Manoja. In the Kālabāhu Jātaka he is represented as very envious, and his falsehood and duplicity are emphasised in the Cetiya, the Kakkāra and the Somanassa Jātakas. His ingratitude is illustrated in such stories as those of the Anta, the Amba, the Asampadāna, the Upāhana, the Guttila, the Javasakuṇa, the Dūbhiya-makkaṭa, the Nigrodha, the Mahākapi, the Ruru and the Sīlavanāga Jātakas, while others, such as the Apaṇṇaka, the Ubhatobhaṭṭha, the Kaṇḍagalaka, the Kāsāva, the Giridanta, the Jambukhādaka, the Parantapa, the Lakkhaṇa, the Viṇilaka, the Virocana, the Vīraka, the Sabbaḍāṭha, the Sammuddavāṇija, the Sammodamāna Jātakas, speak of his folly and inefficiency. - [Previous: v1.c23.933](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c23.933) - [Next: v1.c23.935](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c23.935) - [Up: v1.c23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c23) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c23.934](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c23.934) · Pramāṇa